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... of steps to the monastery. Monks conduct some tours, but mostly you are on your own to wander the areas open to visitors. You can see the Refectory, the ornate chapel, an ancient kitchen, a bit of the catacombs, and a couple of unusual little museums there. Mostly, you can see the incredible views in every direction, and watch the mists shroud and then reveal the vistas. I was reminded of the classic quote in the Zohar that “what is revealed is ...

We spend the morning cleaning, washing and old jobs before driving into town, the Vodafone SIM card and dongle won't work. It connects to the Internet but we can't open any pages! The girl in the shop played around with it for a short while and the called technical services, who couldn't get it to work either. We gave up! We set off for the Vale of Tembi, a massive gorge carved out by the Pinios River between Mt Olympus and Mt Ossa. The roads were very quite, it makes you ...

... Back at the campsite we had our packed lunch and then set about catching up with photos and then blogs using the free wifi, which is only available at the reception area, it,s pouring with rain but luckily we are able to sit under cover. It always feels good to be up to date, in keeping all of you blog followers up to date. We fed the cat, before we had our tea, but we didn't see her again all evening, must be something to do with the ...

... One the four supporting domes are the four Gospel writers, represented with their symbols: Matthew and the angel, Mark and the lion, Luke and the bull, and John with the Eagle. Over the door to exit the rooms is the domission (the sleeping) of Holy Mary, and Christ taking her soul to Heaven. Hanging from the ceiling is a chandelier with ostrich eggs to keep spiders from spinning webs. While we were in there, we sang Entsminger's "Prayer," which was a little rough, but overall it was really ...